The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-24
The Military Companies.


John Mahorney, of the Rice Zouaves. has
gone to Chicago.
Ed Pugh, first lieutenant Of the Indianapolis
Rifles. has resigned.
John E. Sullivan Of the Rice Zouaves, has re-
turned fran Kansas City.
The Richardson Rifles aud Battery mines will
play ball to morrow afternoon.
Lynn Brown, the |. L. l. orator, scored quite
a hit by his speech to ladies last week.
Geo. Clafie and E. K. Hopper. Of the Rice
Zouaves, are, it is reported, soon to be married.
The l. L. l. were mustered in again. last Tues-
day. as Metropolitan police reserves with ros-
ter of sixty-ive names.
Lieut. Thos. Black, of the Rice Zouaves, is
now member of the FIRE department., being
stationed at No eneine-house.
Lee Phipps of the Richardson Rifles. left the
city last Friday for Walla Walla, w. T., TO take
q lucrative position IS book-keeper.
George Stllhorn. of the Rice Zouaves. will
soon be married to Miss Emma Brown. a mem
Der of the South-side Broom Brigade.
Herman Thillie. OF the Rice Zouaves has gone
to Franklin, having secured the contract for the
tin work on the new courthouse there.
The Emmett Guards, having made arrange
ments with the railroads, will give their much
talked of excursion to Madison on Sunday, May
%.
The Light Infantry has presented an appro-
pirate resolution of thanks. printed on satin. to
their lady friends who assisted them at the car
niyal
The full-dress drill given by the l. L. l. at
Tomlnson Hall, last Friday evening. was we'll
attended. and, save few individual errors, was
very fine.
The l. L. l. have fixed up and graded the
grounds formerly occupied by the Eden planning
MILL and will commence their outdoor practice
drills this week, if weather permits
General Koontz has received rates from the B.
& 0. railroad for the transportation of the State
militia to the Washington encampment, the cost
of the round trip being fixed at So s.
The Smith family. of the l. L. l.. who afforded
much enjoyment to visitors to the carnival, will
repeat their entertainments. at Danvilie. for the
benefit of Presbyterian Church there
Adjutant-eeneral Koontz has issued commits
sions to Wayne McMichael, captain; Lewis
Bremen. first lieutenant, and v. R. Urquhart.
second lieutenant, OF the South Bend Guards;
and also to FL. W. Wise as captain of the Crown
Point Blues.
A German officer, explaining the necessity Of
cadence and precision in the tactics to a recruit
move like clock-work. The only difference is,
while with the clock it is tic-tac. in the army it
must go according to tactic"
The project of forming q battalion to take in
all of the infantry companies in the city is again
being agitated by some of the local militiamen.
This is scheme practced in many Southern
cities, and the consequence is that the best
drilled companies come from the South. In case
of local turnout where. as is the case now,
many men find it impossible to leave their bust
ness, thereby often times preventing the appear
ance OF an entire company at all large COM
| pauy could be made up from all the companies
| under command. AS all have like fatigue
| uniform, no trouble would be caused on this &C
count and the turnout would always be credit
| able.